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Reverse / thrust faults at convergent boundaries typically cause the largest Earthquakes and so have the potential to cause the greatest amount of damage.

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What are the 3 types of fault?

Reverse faultNormal faultStrike-slip fault


What are the three types of faults and what type of plate boundary are they associated with?

The three types of faults are normal, reverse, and strike-slip faults. Normal faults are associated with divergent plate boundaries, reverse faults with convergent plate boundaries, and strike-slip faults with transform plate boundaries.


What is beach ball fault mechanism in seismology?

Beach ball fault mechanisms are graphical representations of the orientation of faults in seismology. They use a beach ball symbol to show the type of faulting (e.g., normal, reverse, strike-slip) and the orientation of the fault plane in relation to the focal mechanism of an earthquake. This graphical representation helps seismologists understand the geometry and stress distribution associated with an earthquake.


Where rocks on opposite sides of a fault move in opposite directions or in the same directions rates?

When rocks on opposite sides of a fault move in opposite directions, it is called a strike-slip fault. When they move in the same direction, it is called a normal or reverse fault, depending on the type of stress causing the movement. The rate of movement can vary from slow creep to sudden jolts during an earthquake.


Are the three types of faults normal faults backward faults and slip faults?

No. Your terminology is close but not quite right. The three main types of faults are normal faults, reverse faults, and strike-slip faults. Strike-slip faults may also be called transform faults.

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What are some fault?

normal fault reverse fault slip strike fault


What are the 3 fault's?

normal fault, reverse fault, strike-slip fault,


Is the Hayward fault a normal fault or a reverse fault?

Neither. It is a strike-slip fault.


What are the kinds of movements of the earth?

reverse fault, strike slip fault, and normal fault


What ways earthquakes shake?

they can shake in reverse fault, normal fault, strike-slip fault.


What are the 3 types of fault?

Reverse faultNormal faultStrike-slip fault


What are the three types of faults and what type of plate boundary are they associated with?

The three types of faults are normal, reverse, and strike-slip faults. Normal faults are associated with divergent plate boundaries, reverse faults with convergent plate boundaries, and strike-slip faults with transform plate boundaries.


Three types of faults?

The normal fault, the thrust fault, the transcurrent fault , and the reverse fault.


What are the three types of falts?

The three types of faults are Normal faults, Reverse faults, and Strike and Slip fault